Originally posted on Jonathan Pomroy:
Early this morning I noticed a substantial movement of swifts. They were flying high, slowly and in complete silence and were well spaced out across the sky. Such a far cry from the impossibly tight, fast and noisy formations we associate with swifts. All were heading south west. I saw several hundred but there must have been many more. I… Continue reading July 23rd- swifts moving south west
Originally posted on Jonathan Pomroy:
We are fortunate to have a pair of house martins nesting on the back of our house. They are in an artificial nest only a few feet from our pair of swifts. The two species seem to co exist extremely well. I have lived with both species before and observed that they actually benefit from being together. Away from the… Continue reading July 24th- swifts and house martins
Originally posted on Michael Hagedorn:
If you see a pine with lushly growing moss on top of the soil media, like the one below, alarm bells should be going off. As pines generally don’t like overly wet soil media, lush moss is a lucky clue to adjust your pine care. And if things are really soggy, you might even see algae and liverwort growing on the… Continue reading What’s Wrong Here? A Blog Quiz-
Originally posted on Adam's Art and Bonsai Blog:
I once got in trouble for questioning the name of this tree. But I’m a questioner. I hit hard sometimes with my “but why?” comments. I mean, to elucidate the problem with the trees nomenclature, look it up. There are several genus’ with the common name jaboticaba (the genus is the first word in the binomial… Continue reading Jaboticaba, or jabuticaba, or Plinia cauliflora, or maybe Myrciaria cauliflora
